All Things Movie/Documentary Reviews/Recommendations Thread

[Ope3]

Miracle essentially did a hockey tryout much more than an acting tryout. All the skaters played hockey in college and/or juniors. The guy that played Jim Craig wasn't a hockey guy but that was easy to hide with a stunt double when he has a mask on.

What's sort of ironic is the "Coaches" son, Wyatt Russell, was actually a capable Goalie, and played Juniors as well as for Alabama-Huntsville.

Doesn't really resemble Jimmy Craig though and was busy chasing his dream during filming.

Not much screen time, but once Wyatt turned to acting he had an ensemble role as a Pitcher in Richard Linklater's Everybody Wants Some!! to bring this full circle.

Young Russell was a much better hurler than Wiggins. The Director learned.

 

[Ope3]

My wife decided we were going to go to a family movie for Mother's Day so went to Sheep Detectives yesterday. The kids loved it of course with the talking sheep but so did the grown ups. Very well done.

I saw The Sheep Detectives as well. Packed house even though it's been out for a few weeks.

Very charming. They played fair with the mystery.

I've liked Molly Gordon in everything I have seen her in, maybe half a dozen roles.

 

[Ope3]

I saw The Sheep Detectives as well. Packed house even though it's been out for a few weeks.

Very charming. They played fair with the mystery.

I've liked Molly Gordon in everything I have seen her in, maybe half a dozen roles.

Roger.Ebert.com gives The Sheep Detectives the highest rating possible, 4 Stars.

This excerpt explains how it threaded the needle for nearly all ages:

Also like “Babe,” it is genuinely for all ages (except for the youngest children—it is a story about a murder and acknowledges where meat comes from). It is accessible enough for younger viewers without condescending to them, yet complex enough to engage an adult audience.

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-sheep-detectives-hugh-jackman-movie-review-2026

 

[WilliamsArenaGuy]

I'd recommend Send Help with Rachel McAdams. A lot of fun.

 

[Spaulding!No!]

Oozma kappa. Monster university!!!

 

[BleedGopher]

Anyone watch The Crash documentary on Netflix? Its the big documentary the last week or so. Bonkers story, brutal parenting. Lock her up.

Go Gophers!!

 

[Ogie Ogilthorpe]

Finally found something worth venturing into the theater for and took the Mrs. to "In The Grey" over the weekend.

Tons of action, I really liked it. Hell, it was nice to just be back in the theater again. The options for going to the movies in the last number of years has just not been good. And they don't look awesome in the next few months either.

 

[Ope3]

Finally found something worth venturing into the theater for and took the Mrs. to "In The Grey" over the weekend.

Tons of action, I really liked it. Hell, it was nice to just be back in the theater again. The options for going to the movies in the last number of years has just not been good. And they don't look awesome in the next few months either.

Project Hail Mary and The Sheep Detectives are both well worth the effort of going into a theater.

 

[Ogie Ogilthorpe]

Project Hail Mary and The Sheep Detectives are both well worth the effort of going into a theater.

I honestly thought The Sheep Detectives was a cartoon. I can certainly give it a look. Reminds me of a great sheep joke I told our limo/van driver in Ireland before the Vikings-Steelers game last fall because of all the sheep we saw through the Irish country side. It's an R-rated joke and I had him in stitches.

I hadn't seen Project Hail Mary advertised in any of the theaters I was looking at. I can expand my search

 

[Ope3]

I honestly thought The Sheep Detectives was a cartoon. I can certainly give it a look. Reminds me of a great sheep joke I told our limo/van driver in Ireland before the Vikings-Steelers game last fall because of all the sheep we saw through the Irish country side. It's an R-rated joke and I had him in stitches.

I hadn't seen Project Hail Mary advertised in any of the theaters I was looking at. I can expand my search

Project Hail Mary is down to limited theaters this weekend. Looks like only Red Rock Resort has it.

You could kill 2 birds with 1 stone by hitting the Golden Knights Team Store for your Stanley Cup merch.

 

[Ogie Ogilthorpe]

Project Hail Mary is down to limited theaters this weekend. Looks like only Red Rock Resort has it.

You could kill 2 birds with 1 stone by hitting the Golden Knights Team Store for your Stanley Cup merch.

Ooof.... That's the other end of the world for me. Perhaps!

 

[Nax5]

Obsession is the first film since 1982's ET to grow its money at the box office in its 2nd and 3rd weekend. Crazy feat for an indie film made for 1 million dollars.

The top 2 films at the box office this weekend are both horror films directed by people who got their start on YouTube.

 

[Ogie Ogilthorpe]

Project Hail Mary is down to limited theaters this weekend. Looks like only Red Rock Resort has it.

Well, I don't know if you would call this good news/bad news but close to it. Good, this movie is on available on Prime now, to watch from the comfort and privacy of my own home. "Bad", we watched the trailer and I JUST wasn't quite sure that movie was our style. Not a hard "NO", but we pivoted to something else that evening. May reconsider at some point.

The top 2 films at the box office this weekend are both horror films directed by people who got their start on YouTube.

I was just noticing the other day when I was looking for movies that there sure seems to be an inordinate number of horror movies in the theaters these days. Maybe those are easy and/or easier to come up with new story lines than other genres of movies. I'm not sure what is lower on the totem pole of movies for me/us, horror movies or sci-fi movies.

 

[ecoperson]

Well, I don't know if you would call this good news/bad news but close to it. Good, this movie is on available on Prime now, to watch from the comfort and privacy of my own home. "Bad", we watched the trailer and I JUST wasn't quite sure that movie was our style. Not a hard "NO", but we pivoted to something else that evening. May reconsider at some point.



I was just noticing the other day when I was looking for movies that there sure seems to be an inordinate number of horror movies in the theaters these days. Maybe those are easy and/or easier to come up with new story lines than other genres of movies. I'm not sure what is lower on the totem pole of movies for me/us, horror movies or sci-fi movies.

FYI: After hearing recommendations for Project Hail Mary, I watched the trailer and thought that it looked like a really entertaining, funny, and heartfelt buddy comedy. I asked my wife to load up the trailer after dinner and was surprised by how different this trailer was. It looked like an average run of the mill space drama.

I would definitely have watched the movie after the first but would not have been interested in the movie at all after watching the second version of the trailer. I will eventually watch it as I am now really curious which movie they actually made!

 

[Nax5]

Well, I don't know if you would call this good news/bad news but close to it. Good, this movie is on available on Prime now, to watch from the comfort and privacy of my own home. "Bad", we watched the trailer and I JUST wasn't quite sure that movie was our style. Not a hard "NO", but we pivoted to something else that evening. May reconsider at some point.



I was just noticing the other day when I was looking for movies that there sure seems to be an inordinate number of horror movies in the theaters these days. Maybe those are easy and/or easier to come up with new story lines than other genres of movies. I'm not sure what is lower on the totem pole of movies for me/us, horror movies or sci-fi movies.

Horror is the #1 genre for me haha. These days, most of the original stuff is coming out of horror. And I feel it's by far the most interesting and creative playground for directors to use. Not to mention, they are CHEAP to make. Obsession cost 1 million. It has made over 100 million. Crazy return!

I like action films too. But it's getting harder to find something interesting. "The Furious" is the only action film I'm looking forward to right now. Looks insane.

 

[Ope3]

FYI: After hearing recommendations for Project Hail Mary, I watched the trailer and thought that it looked like a really entertaining, funny, and heartfelt buddy comedy. I asked my wife to load up the trailer after dinner and was surprised by how different this trailer was. It looked like an average run of the mill space drama.

I would definitely have watched the movie after the first but would not have been interested in the movie at all after watching the second version of the trailer. I will eventually watch it as I am now really curious which movie they actually made!

94% of critics rate Project Hail Mary positively, which is actually right in line with audiences at 95% on Rotten Tomatoes. That's as close to a sure thing as possible.

Plus several good reviews in this forum.

Project Hail Mary | Rotten Tomatoes

Discover reviews, ratings, and trailers for Project Hail Mary on Rotten Tomatoes. Stay updated with critic and audience scores today!

www.rottentomatoes.com

My recommendation is to try to avoid trailers as much as possible for all movies.

They spoil the plot and are often misleading. Sometimes the best 2 minutes of the entire film are in the trailer and the rest of the movie flat out sucks.

 

[Ope3]

Carolina Caroline was not on my radar at all until I saw Kevin Bacon recommend it on his Instaram page. I trust his judgement and his wife Kyra Sedgwick also has a small part in it. I saw Roger Ebert.com gave it 3.5 stars when I googled it. Also there was also a photo of the director (Adam Carter Rehmeier) wearing a Sub Pop baseball cap when he was promoting the film, so that was enough for me.

It's a good telling of a modern day Bonnie & Clyde. The leads are Samara Weaving and Kyle Gallner. White hot chemistry between the two which make this movie work. Weaving is quite stunning, and gives a great performance.

The Sedgwick role was not typical of her work, definitely against type.

As for the music, I was first treated to a needle drop of Steve Earle's Someday which works to great effect. A little bit later an even bigger treat was a Jason Isbell hit. His version. Not the Morgan Wallen poser take.

I approve.

 

[Ope3]

Pressure is a very solid effort. Good brisk entertainment.

I was concerned a movie about weather leading up to an event (D-Day/Normandy) that we know how it turns out in the end would lack suspense, but it holds.

Very good performances.

Amazing the effort that was put in for a forecast that had such wide reaching downstream effects, pre-computers and satellites.

Now we just look at our phone or let @GopherWeatherGuy tells us before Gopher games.

 

[ecoperson]

94% of critics rate Project Hail Mary positively, which is actually right in line with audiences at 95% on Rotten Tomatoes. That's as close to a sure thing as possible.

Plus several good reviews in this forum.

Project Hail Mary | Rotten Tomatoes

Discover reviews, ratings, and trailers for Project Hail Mary on Rotten Tomatoes. Stay updated with critic and audience scores today!

www.rottentomatoes.com

My recommendation is to try to avoid trailers as much as possible for all movies.

They spoil the plot and are often misleading. Sometimes the best 2 minutes of the entire film are in the trailer and the rest of the movie flat out sucks.

Those are good ratings. I usually purposefully skip the trailers but my wife is a Gosling skeptic so I figured that I should know a little before proposing it. Sadly, she watched the boring trailer so I lost a little momentum. I'll be sure to tell her the GopherHole highly recommended it! I'm also working on The Sheep Detectives with her. Hopefully, we'll catch one or both of them soon.

 

[Ope3]

Disclosure Day in my opinion ranks in the middle of the Spielberg pantheon of films that he has directed. For me that means a good quality experience, not necessarily a great one.

Side note, I usually stick to popcorn/Coke only. The cinema I went to today, the combo deal means a box of candy gets thrown in for the same price.

Has anyone in the history of movie going ever been able to open a box of Junior Mints and stop from crushing the whole thing in less than 5 minutes?

 

[tikited]

Reached our 30th anniversary of watching Dazed and Confused. Decided to see if Top Notch still is going. It is. Just bought a tee-shirt.